 | Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Ohio Commandery - 1888 - 464 pages
...women of America. One of our most popular American poets has said: "The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle ! The... | |
 | Society of the Army of the Potomac - 1888 - 822 pages
...the field of glory ! П. " The wife, who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones, who weep and wonder ; And bravely speaks the cheering word, What...dreams to hear The bolts of war around him rattle, Has shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle ! in. " The mother, who conceals... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - 1888 - 478 pages
...striking virtues which found exhibition at home. " The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid liltle ones who weep or wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering...Doomed nightly, in her dreams, to hear, The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle. "The... | |
 | 1888 - 334 pages
...bedewed the field of glory ! The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, lias shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle ! The... | |
 | Cornelia Phillips Spencer - 1888 - 292 pages
...and there is no reason why we should claim her. RECITATION. AT HOME. THE wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred drops as e'er Were poured upon the field of battle. The... | |
 | Louis Stanley Young, Henry Davenport Northrop - 1899 - 632 pages
...heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory I The wife who girds her husband's sword, Mid- little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle-! The... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - 1890 - 426 pages
...dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory I П. The wife who girds her husband's sword, 'Midlittleones who weep or wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle ! in.... | |
 | Henry T. Johns - 1890 - 450 pages
...ever dewed the field of glory. The wife who grinds her husband's sword, 'Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though her heart be r^nt asunder — Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of war around him rattle — Has shed... | |
 | 1893 - 472 pages
...heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory. The wife who girds her husband's sword, Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle. The... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1893 - 132 pages
...heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory. The wife who girds her husband's sword, Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely...Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle. The... | |
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The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow she blesses... 
